diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index f59cbec8c4..082aff6bbe 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ export { NULL_BYTES } from './constants';
 export { errorUtils } from './error_utils';
 export { fetchAsync } from './fetch_async';
 export { signTypedDataUtils } from './sign_typed_data_utils';
-import * as AbiEncoder from './abi_encoder';
-export { AbiEncoder };
+export import AbiEncoder = require('./abi_encoder');